
        <p>This week, we discuss Claude Code for non-coders, automating newsletters and status reports, and AI tax prep. Plus, Coté finds unexpected joy in a coding assistant.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA47O4qQuyA" rel="nofollow">Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA47O4qQuyA" rel="nofollow">563</a></p>

<h2>Runner-up Titles</h2>

<ul>
<li>Upgraded to Max</li>
<li>The only innovation I was talking about was hiring me.</li>
<li>The Patrick Stewart of the Cubicles.</li>
<li>Should we become the Claudecast?</li>
<li>Matt Ray in Your Pocket.</li>
<li>Come into the tent</li>
<li>You have agency in your life</li>
</ul>

<h2>Rundown</h2>

<ul>
<li>Coté went to Claude Camp

<ul>
<li><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-and-anthropic-team-up-to-bring-claude-cowork-to-microsoft-365-130001836.html" rel="nofollow">Microsoft and Anthropic team up to bring Claude Cowork to Microsoft 365</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/cursor-is-rolling-out-a-new-system-for-agentic-coding/" rel="nofollow">Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool</a></li>
<li><a href="https://overcast.fm/+ABGz6-YUtSQ" rel="nofollow">Hater Season: Corey Quinn — Better Offline</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/google-cloud/wiz-acquisition/" rel="nofollow">Google completes acquisition of Wiz</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Relevant to your Interests</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/opinion/block-jack-dorsey-layoffs-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlA.wc34.jxiEnFf0jOYF&smid=url-share&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow">I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/iran_news_aws_drone_strikes/" rel="nofollow">Iranian news claims AWS drone strikes were deliberate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://rajsarkar.substack.com/p/anthropic-just-won-the-enterprise" rel="nofollow">Anthropic Just Won the Enterprise. Here’s What Nobody’s Talking About</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/amazon-bahrain-data-centers-targeted-iran-drone-strike.html" rel="nofollow">Amazon&#39;s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says</a></li>
<li><a href="https://startups.rip/" rel="nofollow">Startups.RIP - Dead YC Startups, Alive Ideas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.syntasso.io/post/kratix-anywhere-cloud-on-prem-and-hybrid-without-compromise" rel="nofollow">Kratix Anywhere: Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid Without Compromise</a></li>
<li><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/10/meta-just-bought-moltbook-the-social-network-for-ai-bots/" rel="nofollow">Meta just bought Moltbook, the social network for AI bots - 9to5Mac</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de" rel="nofollow">Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/oracle-is-building-yesterdays-data-centers-with-tomorrows-debt.html" rel="nofollow">Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Possibly-For-Sale-2026" rel="nofollow">SUSE Reportedly May Be For Sale Yet Again</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry" rel="nofollow">When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”</a></li>
<li><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-under-pressure-more-100-234916071.html" rel="nofollow">Oracle is under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs as it pushes ahead with Larry Ellison’s 3-step transformation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/oracle-is-building-yesterdays-data-centers-with-tomorrows-debt.html" rel="nofollow">Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/oracle-layoffs-to-impact-thousands-in-ai-cash-crunch" rel="nofollow">Oracle Job Cuts</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/michaeljburry/status/2031372178529092088?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A" rel="nofollow">OpenAI bowed out of the Oracle</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.apple.com/macbook-neo/specs/" rel="nofollow">MacBook Neo - Tech Specs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/code-mode-mcp/" rel="nofollow">Code Mode: give agents an entire API in 1,000 tokens</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.apple.com/macbook-neo/specs/" rel="nofollow">MacBook Neo - Tech Specs</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Nonsense</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/business/mcdonalds-ceo-big-arch-burger-video.html" rel="nofollow">McDonald’s C.E.O. Takes a Big Bite Out of a Burger. Maybe Scratch ‘Big.’</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Conferences</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/" rel="nofollow">KubeCon EU</a>, March 23-26, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.</li>
<li><a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/" rel="nofollow">DevOps</a><a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/" rel="nofollow">d</a><a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/" rel="nofollow">ays Atlanta 2026</a>, April 21-22, 2026</li>
<li><a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-austin/welcome/" rel="nofollow">DevOpsDays Austin</a>, May 5-6, 2026</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress" rel="nofollow">WeAreDevelopers</a>, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking.</li>
<li>VMware User Groups (VMUGs):

<ul>
<li>Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking.</li>
<li>Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)</li>
<li>Toronto (May 12-14, 2026)</li>
<li>Dallas (June 9-11, 2026)</li>
<li>Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<h2>SDT News &amp; Community</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email" rel="nofollow">Join our Slack community</a></li>
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<li>Book offer: <a href="https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt" rel="nofollow">Use code SDT for $20 off &quot;Digital WTF&quot; by Coté</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://failovermedia.com/" rel="nofollow">Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Recommendations</h2>

<ul>
<li>Brandon:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk" rel="nofollow">Token management with RTK</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/usage-for-claude/id6755173244" rel="nofollow">Usage for Claude App - App Store</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Coté: <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CP1VSQCW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1" rel="nofollow">Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station</a></li>
</ul>
      

<description>
        &lt;p&gt;This week, we discuss Claude Code for non-coders, automating newsletters and status reports, and AI tax prep. Plus, Coté finds unexpected joy in a coding assistant.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA47O4qQuyA" rel="nofollow"&gt;Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA47O4qQuyA" rel="nofollow"&gt;563&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Runner-up Titles&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgraded to Max&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The only innovation I was talking about was hiring me.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Patrick Stewart of the Cubicles.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Should we become the Claudecast?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Matt Ray in Your Pocket.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Come into the tent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You have agency in your life&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Rundown&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Coté went to Claude Camp

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-and-anthropic-team-up-to-bring-claude-cowork-to-microsoft-365-130001836.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Microsoft and Anthropic team up to bring Claude Cowork to Microsoft 365&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/cursor-is-rolling-out-a-new-system-for-agentic-coding/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://overcast.fm/+ABGz6-YUtSQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;Hater Season: Corey Quinn — Better Offline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/google-cloud/wiz-acquisition/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Google completes acquisition of Wiz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Relevant to your Interests&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/opinion/block-jack-dorsey-layoffs-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlA.wc34.jxiEnFf0jOYF&amp;smid=url-share&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow"&gt;I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/iran_news_aws_drone_strikes/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Iranian news claims AWS drone strikes were deliberate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://rajsarkar.substack.com/p/anthropic-just-won-the-enterprise" rel="nofollow"&gt;Anthropic Just Won the Enterprise. Here’s What Nobody’s Talking About&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/amazon-bahrain-data-centers-targeted-iran-drone-strike.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amazon&amp;#39;s Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://startups.rip/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Startups.RIP - Dead YC Startups, Alive Ideas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.syntasso.io/post/kratix-anywhere-cloud-on-prem-and-hybrid-without-compromise" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kratix Anywhere: Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid Without Compromise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/10/meta-just-bought-moltbook-the-social-network-for-ai-bots/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Meta just bought Moltbook, the social network for AI bots - 9to5Mac&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/oracle-is-building-yesterdays-data-centers-with-tomorrows-debt.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-Possibly-For-Sale-2026" rel="nofollow"&gt;SUSE Reportedly May Be For Sale Yet Again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry" rel="nofollow"&gt;When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-under-pressure-more-100-234916071.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Oracle is under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs as it pushes ahead with Larry Ellison’s 3-step transformation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/oracle-is-building-yesterdays-data-centers-with-tomorrows-debt.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/oracle-layoffs-to-impact-thousands-in-ai-cash-crunch" rel="nofollow"&gt;Oracle Job Cuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://x.com/michaeljburry/status/2031372178529092088?s=46&amp;t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A" rel="nofollow"&gt;OpenAI bowed out of the Oracle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/macbook-neo/specs/" rel="nofollow"&gt;MacBook Neo - Tech Specs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/code-mode-mcp/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Code Mode: give agents an entire API in 1,000 tokens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apple.com/macbook-neo/specs/" rel="nofollow"&gt;MacBook Neo - Tech Specs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Nonsense&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/business/mcdonalds-ceo-big-arch-burger-video.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;McDonald’s C.E.O. Takes a Big Bite Out of a Burger. Maybe Scratch ‘Big.’&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Conferences&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/" rel="nofollow"&gt;KubeCon EU&lt;/a&gt;, March 23-26, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/" rel="nofollow"&gt;DevOps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/" rel="nofollow"&gt;d&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/" rel="nofollow"&gt;ays Atlanta 2026&lt;/a&gt;, April 21-22, 2026&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-austin/welcome/" rel="nofollow"&gt;DevOpsDays Austin&lt;/a&gt;, May 5-6, 2026&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress" rel="nofollow"&gt;WeAreDevelopers&lt;/a&gt;, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VMware User Groups (VMUGs):

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Toronto (May 12-14, 2026)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dallas (June 9-11, 2026)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;SDT News &amp;amp; Community&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email" rel="nofollow"&gt;Join our Slack community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Email the show: &lt;a href="mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Free stickers: Email your address to &lt;a href="mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Follow us on social media: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk" rel="nofollow"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk" rel="nofollow"&gt;Threads&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mastodon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;BlueSky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Watch us on: &lt;a href="https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast" rel="nofollow"&gt;Twitch&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured" rel="nofollow"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk" rel="nofollow"&gt;TikTok&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Book offer: &lt;a href="https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt" rel="nofollow"&gt;Use code SDT for $20 off &amp;quot;Digital WTF&amp;quot; by Coté&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://failovermedia.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Recommendations&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Brandon:

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk" rel="nofollow"&gt;Token management with RTK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/usage-for-claude/id6755173244" rel="nofollow"&gt;Usage for Claude App - App Store&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Coté: &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CP1VSQCW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&amp;th=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
      </description>

This week, we discuss Claude Code for non-coders, automating newsletters and status reports, and AI tax prep. Plus, Coté finds unexpected joy in a coding assistant.

Software Defined Talk

Episode 563: Claude Camp

Episode 563: Claude Camp

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